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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02
STRANGLED HIS DAUGHTER.


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PTTSBuBG, Pa, May 2.-Charles Oswald,
a blacksmith, living about SIX miles from this
city, has not got along very well with his sec
ond wife and from last Christmas until April
y they had not exchanged word, when he
broke the silence and asked her to look after a
farm they ownel IN Armstrong county. She
went Saturday. leaving his two daughters 10y
his first wife with their father who refused to
let the youngest girl 90 with her Stepnother
although she wanted 10 do 50 Saturday
evening rs they We're eating supper Oswald
gave both children some maple syrup, saying
it was good fer cokls and coughs Jennie,
aged II, said II WAS bitter and took hut little
of it, nor did Bessie patake freely. Bessie
had been i'll with measles until week ago
When they retired he sent Jennie upstairs
and kept Bessie down stairs
Sunday morning when Jennie came from
her bedroom into the living room she found
her father sitting in chair with his throat
cut, and her sister Bessie living on a lounge
dead II WIS rttSe of suicide on the part of
Oswald, and all the signs Indicate that he
stranglei or poisoned his daughter before cut
ting his own threat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

CHICAGO, May when Jack Burke and
Paddy Carol arrived here Friday they went
to their home on Ogden avenue. and while at
supper heard Il noise in the basement. Jack
made reconnaissance and flushed a hurly
negro burglar, whom he Immediately pro
ceetied to give a lesson in honesty. worked in
under the prai'tice of the ''uoble art" The
burglar was soon knocked out and Carroll
then tried his wind by hammerins his ribs
The burglar soon had enough and lett the
premises wiser but not better hooking.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

LONDON, May THE weekly press gen
orally comment on the enormous increase OF
emigrantS leaving Queenstown, Dover, Lon
don, Hull, Bristol, Liverpool, Cardiff, Glas
gov, and other British ports for Canada, the
United STATES and Australia An over
whemuiug majority are going to the states
Over wide areas in tine south of ireland the
entire ahebodied population is either leaving
or preparing 10 leave The aggregate emf
grafton threatens to he the largest ever re
corded III tine history of Ireland The lrisl
leaders are taking energetic measures to as
slst the euliefantS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

BrFFALo- " Y, May Numerous mail
rubheries have occurred for several weeks past
IN the postal routes Of the oil district, and
Sunday Inspectors AIset and German ordered
the arrest of George $. Rogers. aged 80, an
express messenger in the employ of the Amer
lean Express company, to whose car sealed
mail bags We're entrusted along his route
The inspectors. by means Of a decoy letter,
traced the robberies to Rogers, and he is now
locked w in this city. No estimate of the
amount Stolen has been made, hut thefts have
been constant, and large SUMS have been alb
stracted from the mail bags.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02
ENGULFED BY LAKE ERIE.
TWO ScHooNERs CONE INTO COL
uSloN DURING A STORM
And One of Them Goes so the Bottom
with All Hands Eight Men Find Watery
Graves-FIoods Giving the Maine People
Much NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hail storm
AT St paut-A Church wrecked

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Graves-FIoods Giving the Maine People
Much NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hail storm
at st. Paula Church Wrecked.
ANHERsTBURG, Ont. May Pears are
entertained here that the coal-laden schooner
Louie O'Neill has gone to the bottom of Lake
Erie, and that her entire crew of eight men
persisted with her. The O'Neii left Buffalo
last Wednesday She and the schooners H.
w. Sage Thomas W Parker, Riverside, and
D. j. Austin were in tow of the tug Swain
They hal a great deal of trouble dodging
heavy e.fioes, and Thursday night, when of
Port Stanley, they encountered furious gale.
The wind was accompanied by squalls of rain
and sleet and was so violent that for hours
the vessels made no Roadway. Just as
the gale reached its height the tow line parted,
and the Parker and 0'Neill came together
with crash. Everything forward on the
Parker was carried away, and the o NELL was
dismasted. Capt Fitch, of the Parker, says
he saw the tall spaTs topple over, heard cries
of terror from the crew, and then the O'Neill
suddenly disappeared in the darkness. All
night the storm ragged with undated fury.
When morning came the 0Neill was not in
sight, and, although the Swain searched for
her, she could find no trace IF the schooner,
finally giving up the ONeill as lost, The
Swain recovered the Parker and Sage. The
0'Nell measured 522 tons, classed A ,, and
was valued at $1,000 She was owned by
Robert Holland, of Marine City.
PoRT HURON, Mich, May 1.-THE schooner
| I. ", Parker arrived up, and is here having
her jibboom replaced after her collision with
the 0Neill ON Lake Erie. Capt Fitch says,
regarding the sinking Of the O'Neill, that
while the boats We're together he asked the
O'NeilIs captain if his boat was making any
water, and he said no Ii was found at day
light that she had gene down in about twelve
fathonr Of water shortly after they parted
company. The wind was northwest, With a
big sea on, at the time of the collision.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

Boston, Nay Mrs. Helen e. Bishop,
nee Mack, has is'Elln legal proceedings against
her husband, " ;,shngtun irving Bf-ltpp. The
mind reader and las filed a libel uf divorce in
the superior court in this county The libel
states that the iiIIellant was married t. Bishop
Dec. 4, 1856, and that they continued 10 live
together until Feb /, 1881, and that she was
induced to n'arIy him by fraud. The hlel
also contains several allegations of a scandal
ous character The ease VIII not probably I've
heard before the next October term OF the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

MOBILE, Ala, May THE interstate con,
mission devoted three hours Saturday morn
ing hearing the evidence of those interested in
the iron business in Birmingham and vicin-
ity, and in receiving petitions from firms en-
gagged in the humber interest, all of them ia
voring a suspension of the fourth section of
the Interstate act. But one witness ap
peared in favor of the enforcement of the law
it stands. The commission then adlouIue
to meet on Monday in New Orleans.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02
Clearing House Report.

BosroN, May 2-Reports from the clearing
houses of 81 cities of the United States for
the week ended April 80 show total of ex-
changes of s97s. $50 ,076, an increase over the
corresponding week of 1856 of little over q
per cent Outside of New York city the ag-
gregate was S3l7, ~, $50, an increase of III
per cent The only cities showing decrease
were Louisville, 05 per cent Detroit, SIS
Galveston, "a s; Hartford; 81
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

LONDON, May An unusually large num-
Der of political meetings were held Sunday
10y Liberal worklngmens clul'S IN the Metrop
oils to consider the Irish crimes bill Resolu-
tions were adopted m every case opposing the
bill, pledging the meeting 10 support anti
coercion candidates at the next general ele,c
ton and affirming confidence in Gladstone
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

CINCINNATI, May The wrestling match
Saturday night at the Peoples theatre, be
tween Greek George and Anton Pierre, toi
500 a side and the entire gate receipts. was
given to George ON loul. The first tput was
GI5ecO-Roman, won by Greek Gtorge in
forty minutes. Pierre won the second, catch
as-eatch-csn style. in thirty minutes, The
last bout, Grace Roman, was AWARDS! Il
George on a foul after the men had wF,.slie,l
twenty tuInut,S
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02
TIL. c.. B. 4 O. on Commissions.

CHICAGO, May 2.-The Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad has decided to yield tc
the demands of the eastern roads, and viii
on MAY 5 subscribe TO the conditions of the
trunk line circular regarding commissions
Speaking of this action high official of the
road said: I'VE viii not pay agents of such
lines as have turned our tickets to the wall
To agents at other points where our competit-
ors are allowed to pay commissions We shall
continue to paw
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

PrTTsBUEG, May THE railroad coal min
ers iii this diStrict-about l2,0GO-received an
advance in wages Monday, the Columbus
scale, as adopted last February going into
sffect Under the new scale the rates for the
Pittshurg district We're advanced from Il to
"A cents, and for the Hooking Valley mines
TO to 10 cJntS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

GALVESTON, Tex, May 2-Reports from
the agricultural districts of Texas are to the
eiet that exceedingly dry weather prevails.
and serious appfeheii5IouS are entertained ioI
the safety OF the cotton crop
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02
billiards at the Nalinnal DILL.

WAsHiHGTcN CITY. May The billiard
match TO he played here during the national
drill viii I've contested by Sexton ami Dals
Schactcr and SIO>spn not entering SchacleI
refused and Si,rS,on is gong 10 Europe Til,
match will lie cushion s=lrpuiS Tor .S,U points
the championship and Si.n0. 1t viii he spread
over siN ni5hts-;;t0 points night
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

LONDON, May , Nj William O'Brien.
editor of United Ireland, and Mr. kilbride,
one of the tenants eyicted from the Lansdowne
estates, smiled from Queenstown To New York
on the steamer Umhria. Several Thousand
persons gathered TO bid him farewell, and he
was called upon for speech. In the course
of his REMARKS Mr. 0'BI1en said that he felt
that when the liberty lowing Canadians heard
true account of Lord Lansdowne's cruelty
to his tenants they would not tolerate theiI
being governed by such a man.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02
SCOUNORELS WHO STEAL.
A Brooklyn Official and Philadelphia
Teller Fly Away with the Cash.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, My james Mt
Taggart, paving teller of the Union Trus.
company, has ahsconded. His books show n
shortage of about Sl0U.N1 TaEgarts where
aboutS is unknown. The officials of the com
pany state that hlssuretieS are ample to cover
the loss. They say the money must have all
been taken within a very recent period, "a
they have acareful system of checks to prevent
any hong standing Peculations.
Taggart was last at the office ON April Ii
When he disappeared his accounts We're found
to i've incorrect Fast life is supposed to have
ruined TaEgart. He was an amateur boxer
and hacker Of professional pugilists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

New YORK, May 2.-Emanuel De Freitas,
who jumped from the Brooklyn bridge last
Wednesday, and who was held in $500 hail, in
lieu of which he was to serve three months
imprisonment was released Saturday, hav
ing secured the required bail
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

EAST SAGINAW, Mich, May Although
the legislative bribery investigation resulted
in the expulsion of Milo II. Dakin from the
house of representatives, it seems that the end
is not vet II seems certain that Dakin, who
was elected as labor candidate, will I've ex-
PEELED from the knights of Labor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

Where roads are bad you want a strong
Rice Coil Spring keeps your buggy in
order half as long again as any other
spring, and never gives you a jar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

BEENE, Man 2-'rhc Swiss village of Sis,
near ThuSe, IN the canton Of GrisspnS was
eatirrlt DESTROYED by lire Saturday MANY
persons are lett wandering about homeless
ami suffering IRON uun5e. and exposure.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

EvERsoN, Pa, May 1.-The Miners
Amalganlated association of the coke region
met here Saturday to consider the award of
Umpire Jackson. of the coke arbitration
board. 1t was decided to accept the award to
date, to make a new demand for 2lE per
cent advance in wages, to take effect in six
days; the alternative TO be a strike A COM
mittee was appointed to confer with the
Knights of Labor miners, and, if possible,
secure their cooperation in making the
strike general Over 1900 men are in
tereSted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

SALT LAKE CITY, May .. The woman's
relief corps rendered grand reception
Saturday night to Kate Field, and presented
her with gold badge Of the order, set with
diamonds Miss Field and others made
speeCi,aS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

In London this season coats are again
being built out in the shoulders SO as TO
look square and give military effect.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

Beggar TO Please, kind sir,
help Inc. I've twelve small children. y
Doctor out your tongue.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

LANSING, Mich, May 2-Returns from
Mamtou county were received Saturday,
being the last TO oe heard from, making the
majority against prohibition 5,94l.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

CHICAGO, May Phil Armour said Sat
urday in relation to the boycott started
against Armour & Co, in Pittsburg: They
are shooting these boycotts around promiscu-
ously, but we don't pay any attention to them
whatever. for they can't injure us in any
way. 1t affords them a little amusement,
and does not hurt anyhody in particular
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

Flower muffs and flower reticules are
dainty additions to a ball toilet. q, d are ~
expensive as dainty.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

BosToN, May 2-Goyelnor Ames and
Mayor O'Blien observed Arbor Day Saturday
by planting two pine trees il the ocmnsou
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02
THE FIELD OF THE WORKER.


READING, Pa, May 1.-THE act of the gen
eral executive board Of the Knights of Labor,
not to sanction strikes resulting from the
presentation Of the 81. Louis stove patterns to
Knights of Labor engaged in the IRON mold
ing trade, meets with the approval of the
stove molders of this district At the Mt
Penn stove works he st. LOUIS patterns are
being used and the men have returned to
work. At the Reading stove works from the
foundries Of which establishment the western
patterns have been excluded, the molders are
memhers both OF the union and Knights of
Labor. 4 thorough understanding has been
arrived at by the stove manufacturers of the
district and their employees, and there is no
likelihood ri a strike
The trouhte IS not IN regard to wages, hut
is directed against the use Of certain stove
patterns manufactured by a 81 Louis firm that
is alleged 10 eniI,loy none but non union work
men hhere' er tl's5e patterns were used the
moiiers refused to work until they were re-
moved and other patterns substituted
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

New YORK, May samuel F Perry, a
wellknown crook, was arrested Saturday
charged with having been implicated in the
shooting Of Police Capt. Hogen and Detective
HuIigan, of Cleveland, aud the rescue of
notorious burglar named Eddie Guerin alias
Harry McMann, Oh Fort Wayne, train near
Pittsburg
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-02

Only very few hairs still sadly linger
on the Prince of Wales barefooted head.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-02
An Old Pile of Rocks.

Prince Carl, of Sweden and Norway,
when starting out from Hyderabad,
India. on tiger hunt, in 1888, was
struck by the scenery around the city,
where the undulating ground is strewed
with huge blocks of stone, las if they
had been tossed hither and thither by
Nature in some capriciOus mood"
Some of the blocks are piled upon
each other in a manner as to cause a
lively imagination to fancy them giants
barring the way.
According to Indian folklore, these
blocks were brought hithcr some four
thousand years ago, in this manner:
The monkeys, which. in the earliest
times, in great numbers inhabited the
lands beyond the Himalayas, seized on
the remarkable idea of building bridge
between the mainland and Ceylon. and,
headed by their leaders, they left their
settlements for the south. carrying
with them, from their mountains, ma
terials for their gigantic bridge. But
the road became too long for them, and
they were obliged, on reaching the spot
where Hyderabad now stands, to throw
their loads away, and here they lie to-
day.-Golden Days.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-02

thinking of to cut it so unskillfully,' y
said Mrs. Loring, laughing till the
tears came, though she was really
much vexed. Did he do it himself?''
Mono" answered Arthur. 81 Twas
twas another man."
Indeed! A tall man, or a shor,
man, Arthur"
"a little tall, and a little short.
Don't you hear Bruno, whining. MANI
map
Never mind Bruno now," returned
| his mother, grieved to observe that the
boys avoided meeting her eye. "Isn'i
there something you ought to tell
mammal"
I'VE saw the cunningest little colt. p"
/ said Arthur, twirling his mitten by the
thumb.
'.Hitchcd to a hand-sled, mamma; he
was, honest" added Ken.
Mrs. LOring quietly threaded her
needle.
And how Bruno did bark at him,
didn't he, Ken? o mamma, can't let
poor Bruno in?"
A long pause.
"Have my little sons been good to-
day?" asked mamma, presently, laying
down her work.
Another pause; then-''Is it naughty
to let folks cut your hair that aren't
Mr.. Shawl" Arthur faltered, twisting
his neck to gaze over his shoulder at
nothing.
"And to go and buy something nice
and bGng-y with the two nickels they
give you back?" put in Ken, dole
fully.
Here Bruno pushed open the door.
and finished the story by dashing in
with the ill-gotten cannon. Mrs. Lor-
ing looked very grave as he laid it at
her feet.
do you think it was right, boys
said she, ''to drsobey papa, and after
ward TO spend papa's money for this
plaything that 1 said you could not
have?"
The boys hung their heads.
"Of course the cannon belongs to
papa"
"Ho! what would papa want of it?"
cried Ken.
81 should like to give it to some good
child" said papa, on coming home.
Tell me truly, boys, do either of you
deserve it?''
After all, they were honest little
boys at heart, and they bravely an
swered: No, papa"
So it was gentle, lame little Johnny
Carr who received the cannon. Ar
thur and Ken themselves carried it to
him the next morning on their way to
the BARRIERS. And this time they went
to Mr.. Shaw's. -Penn Shirley, an Con.
gregGtiondlist.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-02
A GRIEF-STRICKEN DOVE.
How She Faithfully MOurns for the Loss
of Her Mate-A Touching Story.

of Her Mate-A Touching Story.
A year or so ago a little girl living
near the line of the Erie railway, two
miles from Rathbonville, New York,
was presented with a pair of doves.
They were in the habit of flying about
in the vicinity. One day, a few weeks
ago, they were flying across the rail-
road track, when the male bird came
in collision with the smoke-stack of the
Pacific express, which passes the spot
about seven o'clock in the morning.
The bird was killed by the shock and
instantly thrown out of the sight of its
mate. The female circled around the
spot for few minutes, in evident
Amusement at the sudden disappear
ance of its mate. She then flew to mile
post near by, and for a long time gave
utterance to the mournful notes char
acteristic of the dove. Suddenly she
seemed to realize what had carried the
male from her sight, and she rose
in the air and flew swiftly in
the direction the train had gone. She
did not return until about noon. She
alighted at her cote, where she remain
ed the rest of the day, uttering her
plaintive cries. Next morning, just
before seven o'clock, she was seen to
fly away. and take a position on the
mile-post near the spot where she last
saw her mate the day before. When
the express train came along she flew
at the locomotive, lowered about the
smoke-stack and around the cab, AS if
looking for her mate. She accom-
panied the locomotive for mile or so,
and then returned to her cote. Every
day since then she has repeated her
strange conduct. She goes to her
lookout for the train at precisely the
same time each morning, and waits I'M
til the train comes along, no matter
how late it may be. She never goes
further than about a mile wi til the
train, returning then to her cote, and
mourning piteously all day.-Chit-
dren'S Friend
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-02
WEIGHT OF A SIGNATURE.
A Wonderful Pair of Scales That Weighs
the Hairs On n Mans Head.

|
1 the Hairs On q Mans Head.
In a Broadway store, which is a
branch of big out-of-town scale fac
tory, are more different kinds of scales
than most people imagine were ever
| made. There are specimens of every
grade of weighing machines, from the
big track scales that can weigh rail-
road car full of pig lead down to a tiny
( balance so fine that it is kept in a glass
case which could be carried in ones
pocket The smallest scales of all are
made for delicate tests in assaying.
They are adjusted to milligrammes and
are so sensitive and so fine that an eye
lash can be correctly weighed on them.
You can write your name on slip of
paper with lead pencil and then find
out just how much your signature
weighs. The weights are the mere
atoms of aluminium, not half so large as
the head of a pin. The machine is so
delicate that a little dust blowing in
from the street might affect its work
ings, and it has to be carefully cleaned
after each exposure. 1t is made of
aluminium, platinum and the finest
tempered steel, and people do not use it
as a plaything as a general rule. 1t
cost as much as its weight in gold.
Every once in awhile skeptic comes
along who doesn't believe it will weigh
a hair from mans head, and if the
manager of the store has plenty of time
at his disposal he will bring out the
wonderful little machine and operate it.
A reporter happened in the other day
while the operation was going on. The
manager took slip of ordinary writing
paper and weighed it. 1t weighed
thirty-eight milligrammes. He then
gave it to the visitor, with lead pencil,
and the visitor wrote John Henry
Larned'' on it in a full, free hand.
Then the manager put the slip back on
the scale and fixed the little weights.
When he struck balance again he had
forty-three milligrammes on the other
side. The signature weighed precisely
five milligrammes.
Then the man pulled hair out Of his
head, and the manager found it weighed
three milligrammes. An eye-lash
weighed little less than one milli-
gramme, and a hair from his whiskers
weighed five milligrammes.
The manager showed how easy it was
to count the hair on mans head. At
the rate of three milligrammes to hair
there would be 5000 hairs in an ounce.
The man probably had three ounces of
hair on his head and therefore 24.OOO
hairs.-M ?. Mal and Express.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-02
Garibaldi's Widow.

Twas passing through Turin q few
weeks ago and had the good fortune to
be taken by friend to visit the widow
Garibaldi. Her home is situated in a
modest and quiet street; the hum from
the leading thorough-lre can be but
indistinctly heard. Her little sitting
room is full of memorials of her be-
loved husband. The cabinets contain
many medals, crosses and orders. while
the walls on the occasion of my visit,
were hung with flags of historic re-
nown. The old lady appears to be
wrapped up in memories of the PAST,
and her conversation, turning on the
career of the dead, bore, as was natu-
raj, a melancholy tinge.-Turin Cor.
n 7. Post.